Cover for brushes



G. A. LOEBEN.

COVER FOR BRUSHES. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, me. I

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Warm/ ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ea ENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE A. LOEBEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DE LUXE BRUSH COMPANY, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

COVER FOR BRUSHES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application filed September 2a, 1918. Serial No. 255,994.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, Gosmvn A. Loreen, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in lovers for Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in covers for brushes, particularly shaving brushes.

It has for one of its objects to provide a cover having means for co-actlng with a part of the brush head or brush holding element, whereby said cover may be held in position over the brush.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a cover having means whereby, when the cover is in place over the brush, free circulation of air therethrough is permitted. In this way the brush is caused to dry quickly, is aired, and thus prevented from becoming sour or musty.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be particularly pointed out 1n the detailed description thereof which follows herein, or will be apparent from such description.

In the accompanying drawing .1 have illustrated one form of a convenient embodiment of my invention, but it willbe understood that it is susceptible of embodiment in wide variations of construction.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a brush and cover embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view but with the cover and a portion of the brush socket broken away and shown in section;

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevationof a portion of the cover showing amodified construction of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a view in longitudinal seotlon ot a portion of the cover shown in Fig. 3 with a portion of the brush and brush head 1n place therein.

Although not necessary to my invention, it may be stated that the shaving brush 1llustrated in the drawing is of the fountain brush type.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 0f the drawmg: 1 designates the handle of a shaving brush adapted to be secured to the socket portion 2 thereof. At its forward end the socket portion is reduced as indicated at 3. The rear end portion of said reduced part is flared outwardly as shown and merges into the relatively large part of the socket memher 2 as indicated at 4C.

The reduced portion 3 of the socket member is internally screw threaded as indicated at 5 for the reception of a head 6 in which the rear ends of the hairs 7 of the brush are secured. The forward end of the brush head 6 terminates in an annular knurled bead portion 8, the rear side of which, when the brush head is screwed into the reduced portion 3 of the socket, is in contact with the forward end of such re-- duced portion. In the construction as illustrated, the knurled head portion 8 is con tinuous, but if preferred, such portion may be interrupted at intervals so as to provide a plurality of raised portions.

10 designates the cover of the brush which is open at both ends, as shown. Intermediate its ends the brush is provided with a plurality of relatively large openings 11. separated by strips 12. In view of the fact that the material of which the strips 12 are constructed is of thin sheet metal, these strips are more or less flexible and resilient.

The said strips are depressed as indicated at 13 and 14: and are pressed or bulged outwardly as indicated. at 15 to form seats for the reception of the head portion 8. The diameter of the cover 10 is sufficient to permit the ready insertion of the brush and brush head therein. The depressed portions .13 and 1 1 of the spring strips 12 yield to permitthe head portion 8 to arrive at the position shown in the drawing, the head and brush being inserted in the cover from the end 16 thereof. After having been placed in the position shown in the drawing, with the bead 8 in the seats formed by the outwardly pressed or bulged portions 15 of the strips 12, it is yieldingly held in such position by the inwardly extending depressed portions 13 and 14:.

The rear end portion of the cover is enlarged as indicated at 17 so as to fit over the forward part of the rear enlarged portion of the brush socket member. The c n treme rear end of the said cover should, when the'latter is in the position as shown in the drawing, contact with the annulag knurled bead 18 for the purpose of securing neatness of appearance.

In the modified construction illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the depressions 13 and 1a are relatively narrow and extend only part way across the strips 12. The said depressions form relatively narrow projections upon the inner sides of the said strips, which projections extend. longitudinally of the cover. These projections form upon the inside of each strip arcuate shaped seats which are adapted to fit against the correspondingly shaped annular knurled bead .8 upon the brush head 6.

The operation of the construction shown in these Figs. 3 and 4 is the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The advantage, however, is that it leaves the material of the strips at the edges of the openings 11 smooth and straight, thereby presenting a neater appearance to theeye.

In both forms. of construction the strips act as springs and the projections formed by the depressions 13 and 14 and 13 and in operate to hold the brush head in position if desired, even though the brush head may not be secured in its socket.

When it is desired to remove the cover for the purpose of using the brush, this may be done, in both forms of construction, by pulling the same forwardly from the cover, the spring strips 12 yielding to permit such removal.

After the brush shall have been used and if it shall be desired to replace the cover thereover, the brush is removed from its socket and the brush head, together with the brush, inserted into the cover from the end 16. When the said brush head and brush have been placed in such position that the bead portion 8 occupies the position shown in the drawing in the seats at 15 or 15 formed in the spring strips 12, the rear end of the cover may be placed over the rear reduced end portion 3 of' the socket member 2,, and the brush head screwed into position manually by holding the bead portion 8 between the thumb and finger. Such holding or grasping of the bead 8 is permitted by the openings 11 in the cover.

By reason also of the presence of the holes or openings 11 in the cover and of the opening in the forward end 16 of' the cover,

circulation of air through the cover and around and about the hairs of the brush is permitted, thereby permitting the brush to dry quickly. In this way the sweetness of the brush is assured.

I claim:

1. In a brush, in combination, a cover, said cover being provided intermei'liate its ends with a plurality of openings separated by strips of the material of the cover, each of said strips having a depression upon its inner side, and a brush head adapted to be secured to the handle part of the brush, said brush head being provided with means for engaging in the depressions of said strips, substantially as described.

2. In a brush, in combination, a cover provided with a plurality of openings intermediate its ends, said openings being separated by strips of the material of the cover, said strips being provided with projections upon their inner sides, and a brush head adapted to be secured to the socket member of the brush, said head having means for detachably engaging the said projections, substantially as described.

3. In a brush, in combination, a cover having a plurality of circularly arranged openings intermediate its ends, said openings being separated by strips of the material of the cover, the said strips respectively being provided with depressions at their opposite ends forming spaced projections upon the inner sides of said strips, and a brush head adapted to be secured to the handle part of the brush, said head having means adapted to enter the spaces between the said projections, substantially as described.

4. In a brush, in combination, a cylindrical cover of thin sheet material, open at both ends, the rear end being enlarged and the said cover being provided intermediate its ends with a plurality of annularly arranged openings, said openings being separated by intermediate strips, said strips being provided with depressions adjacent their opposite ends, said depressions forming projections upon the inner sides of said strips, a socket portion having a reduced forward end part and an enlarged rear part, and a brush. head adapted to detachably engage the said socket portion, said brush head being provided with a bead at its forward end which is adapted to enter the spaces between the said projections upon the inner sides of the said strips to thereby hold the said cover in position upon the brush and the rear enlarged end portion of said cover being in engagement with the enlarged part of the said socket portion.

5'. As an article of manufacture, a cylindrical cover of thin sheet material for brushes, said cover being open at both ends and being rovided intermediate its ends witha plura ity of annularly arranged openin s separated from each other by strips, sald strips being provided with annularly arranged depressions at their opposite ends formin annularly arranged projections upon their inner sides.

6. In a brush, in combination, a cover provided with a plurality of openings in- 10 termediate its ends, said openings being separated by intermediate strips of material, a brush head adapted to be secured to the socket member of the brush, and means upon the said head and the said strips which cooperate with each pther to detachably hold the said cover upon the said brush.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my inventlon, I have hereunto set In name this 26th da of September 1918.

G STAVE A. LoEBEN. 

